Genetics Research Explains Why Dogs Are Very Good Boys

Aside from the fact that we give them food and belly rubs, there was no compelling science before this study that explained why dogs like us so much.

This recent work is providing a possible molecular mechanism that influences social behavior, e.g. friendliness, Bridgett vonHoldt, an evolutionary biologist from Princeton University who conducted the research, tells Inverse.

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